| Principal Translations |
| slow adj | (not moving fast) | lento/a adj |
| | While she runs fast, I am more of a slow runner. |
| | Mientras que ella corre rápido, yo soy un corredor más lento. |
| slow adj | (not designed for speed) | lento/a adj |
| | His bike is slow, while her bike is much faster. |
| | Su bici es lenta, mientras que la de ella es más rápida. |
| slow adj | (mentally: slow to learn) (de mente) | lento/a, corto/a adj |
| | We have one student who is a bit slow, but the rest all understand. |
| | Tenemos un alumno que es un poco lento, pero los demás entienden todo. |
| slow⇒ vi | (reduce speed) | reducir la velocidad loc verb |
| | He slowed to look at the accident scene. |
| | Redujo la velocidad para mirar el accidente. |
| Additional Translations |
| slow adj | (emotionally: slow to react) | lento/a adj |
| | His reaction to the death of his mother was slow, but eventually strong. |
| | Su reacción a la muerte de su madre fue lenta, pero intensa. |
| slow adj | (clock: behind) | atrasado/a adj |
| | That clock is slow. We need one that keeps proper time. |
| | Este reloj está atrasado. Necesitamos uno que dé bien la hora. |
| slow adj | (business: giving few sales) (AmL) | lento/a adj |
| | (coloquial) | flojo/a adj |
| | Business has been slow lately. The phone doesn't ring much. |
| | El negocio ha estado lento últimamente. El teléfono no suena mucho. |
| | El negocio ha estado flojo últimamente. El teléfono no suena mucho. |
| slow adj | (film, novel: boring) | lento/a adj |
| | That film was so slow. It was half an hour before you even knew what it was about! |
| | La película era muy lenta. Pasa media hora hasta que te enteras de qué va. |
| slow adj | (heat: gentle, not too hot) (fuego) | lento/a adj |
| | Cook the vegetables over a slow flame. |
| | Cocina las verduras a fuego lento. |
| slow adj | (photographic film: less sensitive) (película de foto) | lento/a adj |
| | Use slow film when shooting in bright, sunny conditions. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Uso película lenta para mis tomas nocturnas. |
| slow adj | (shutter: set to slower speed) (obturador fotográfico) | lento/a adj |
| | I use a slow shutter to take evening photos. |
| | Uso una obturación lenta para mis fotos nocturnas. |
| slow adj | (sports fields) (campo con la hierba alta) | lento/a adj |
| | I don't like playing football there because the field is slow and the ball doesn't move well. |
| | No me gusta jugar al fútbol allí porque es un campo lento y la pelota no corre bien. |
| slow adv | US, informal (slowly) | despacio adv |
| | He talked slow, so she could understand better. |
| | Hablaba despacio, para que así ella pudiera entenderle. |
| slow [sth]⇒ vtr | (reduce the speed of) | frenar⇒ vtr |
| | | reducir velocidad loc verb |
| | | bajar la velocidad loc verb |
| | He slowed the car to look at the accident scene. |
| | Frenó el coche para ver el accidente. |
Locuciones verbales
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| slow down vi phrasal | (reduce one's speed) | disminuir la velocidad, reducir la velocidad loc verb |
| | | desacelerar⇒ vi |
| | He slowed down as he came up to the junction. |
| | Disminuyó la velocidad cuando se acercó al cruce. |
| slow [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (reduce speed of: [sb] or [sth]) | desacelerar⇒ vtr |
| | | ralentizar⇒ vtr |
| | | enlentecer⇒, lentificar⇒ vtr |
| | The economic crisis slowed down the hot housing market. |
| | La crisis económica ha desacelerado el activo mercado de la vivienda. |
slow [sth] up,
slow up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (make slower, hinder) | ralentizar⇒ vtr |
| | | lentificar⇒ vtr |
| | | retardar⇒ vtr |
| | | retrasar⇒ vtr |
| | All this paperwork slows the process up. |
Compound Forms:
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| at a slow pace adv | (slowly) | a paso lento loc adv |
| | | a un ritmo lento loc adv |
| | The tortoise won the race, even though he went at a slow pace. |
| | La tortuga ganó la carrera a pesar de haber ido a paso lento. |
| go-slow n | UK (law: deliberate slowing of production) | ralentización nf |
| go-slow protest n | UK (type of protest) | huelga de celo loc nom f |
| | (AR) | trabajo a reglamento loc nom m |
| Note: A type of protest whereby a group deliberately drives slowly, such as through a city. |
| in slow motion adv | (at slowed-down speed) | en cámara lenta loc adv |
| | He replayed the video in slow motion. |
| | We watched it again in slow motion to see when exactly the player was fouled. |
| | Volvió a pasar el video, esta vez en cámara lenta. // Lo volvimos a ver en cámara lenta para detectar el momento en que le hicieron la falta al jugador. |
loris,
slow loris n | (Southeast Asian lemur) | loris perezoso loc nom m |
| slow burn n | figurative (gradual building up of anger) | ir enojándose de a poco loc verb |
| slow but steady adj | (progress: gradual but regular) | lento pero seguro expr |
| | | sin prisa pero sin pausa expr |
| slow cooker n | (pot that cooks food slowly at low temperature) | olla de cocción lenta grupo nom |
| slow learner n | (person who learns slowly) | persona de aprendizaje lento nf + loc adj |
| slow loris | (animal) | loris lento loc nom m |
| slow motion n | (cinema: slower than in reality) | cámara lenta loc nom f |
| | The filmmaker used slow motion to show the beauty in everyday movement. |
| | El director usa la cámara lenta para mostrar la belleza en los movimientos de todos los días. |
| slow on the uptake adj | figurative, informal (person: slow to understand) | lento/a adj |
| | A couple of the new students are a bit slow on the uptake. |
slow release,
slow-release n as adj | (drug: gradual effect) (medicina) | de liberación lenta loc adj |
| Note: hyphen is used when adj comes before the noun it modifies |
| | Take the slow-release morphine pills as prescribed, every morning and evening. |
| | Tómate las pastillas de morfina de liberación lenta como te han recetado, una por la mañana y otra por la noche. |
slow release,
slow-release n as adj | (food: gradual energy) (alimentos) | liberación lenta loc adj |
| | Slow-release carbohydrates have less impact on blood-sugar levels. |
| | Los carbohidratos de liberación lenta tienen menos impacto en los niveles de azúcar en sangre. |
| slow song n | (romantic pop song) | balada nf |
| slow to prep | (sluggish or reluctant to) | lento para adj + prep |
| | | tardo para, tardío para adj + prep |
| | He was slow to understand what I really meant. |
| | Era lento para entender lo que realmente quería decir. |
| | (formal) | indolente para adj + prep |
| | Era indolente para entender lo que realmente quería decir. |
| slow wave | (physiology) | onda lenta nf + adj |
| slow-acting adj | (drug, insulin) | de acción lenta loc adj |
| slow-burning adj | (fuel: taking a long time to burn) | de combustión lenta loc adj |
| slow-burning adj | figurative (emotion: taking time to build) | con tiempos lentos loc adj |
| slow-burning adj | figurative (story: taking time to develop) | de desarrollo lento loc adj |
| | | que tarda en desarrollarse loc adj |
slow-mo,
slow-mo n | informal, abbreviation (slow motion) | cámara lenta loc nom f |
| slow-motion n as adj | (at slowed-down speed) | en cámara lenta loc adj |
| slow-moving adj | (sluggish, unhurried) | lento/a adj |
| | | sin prisa loc adj |
| slow-paced adj | (not fast-moving) | lento/a adj |
| | | pausado/a adj |
| | Todavía camina pero con ritmo pausado, ya está muy viejo el pobre. |
| slow-walk [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (delay [sth]'s progress) (figurado) | dilatar⇒ vtr |
| | | retrasar⇒ vtr |
| | | demorar⇒ vtr |
| slow-witted adj | (unintelligent) (peyorativo) | corto/a adj |
| | (peyorativo) | lento/a adj |
| | (figurado, peyorativo) | de pocas luces loc adj |
| | (ES, peyorativo) | cateto adj |
| | (ES, peyorativo) | cateto adj |
| | (peyorativo) | lento/a adj |
| | (figurado, peyorativo) | de pocas luces loc adj |
slowdown,
slow-down n | (decline in pace) | dilación nf |
| | | disminución nf |
| | There's been a slowdown in the rate of infection. |
| | Ha habido una dilación en la tasa de infección. |
slowdown,
slow-down n | (decline in activity) | ralentización nf |
| | | disminución del ritmo nf + loc adj |
| | The cause of the economic slowdown is unknown. |
| | La causa de la ralentización económica se desconoce. |
slowdown,
slow-down n | US (deliberate slowing of work pace) | huelga de celo loc nom f |
| | The workers organized a slowdown when management refused to listen to their demands. |
| take it slow v expr | (do, go slowly) | tomarlo con calma expr |